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Taxpayers might pay millions more to fight wildfires as jet fuel skyrockets

NPR | By Austin Amestoy
Published April 30, 2026 at 4:56 PM EDT

The Iran war has nearly doubled jet fuel prices in the United States. That means the bill for firefighting aircraft operations this summer will likely rise by tens of millions of dollars.

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